Carlos' POV:
I sat in the corner of the bar, my fist pressed against my lips as I stared down at my phone and my empty bottle of beer. It's early, very early to be drinking but by the Goddess if I didn't have a drink I was going to kill something.

Why the fuck did he call me? Why is it always me? Fuck!

I raised my hand to the bartender who nodded and scurried off to grab me another beer. My job is to take care of the clubs both the legal and illegal side. I give out orders to the people under me, I'm to be a leader when he and Liv are not around I'm not his personal chauffeur or his errand boy so why the fuck did he call me?!

I ran my hand through my hair and thanked the bartender before I took a swig of my beer here we go I guess.

"It's me. We've been summoned."

I stood with my phone in one hand and my beer in the other as I made my away to the back office.

"What did you say?"

What did I say is that all she has to say? We rarely speak and that's what she has to say really? I took a deep breath as I sat down taking another swig of my beer.

*****
"Carlos I want you to call the others and bring them all to the house we need to talk now."

We need to talk? Talk about what he hasn't said a word to me since he called me to be his fucking chauffeur. Hell he doesn't talk to us at all just sends his other errand boys.

"Talk about what Antonio can't you ask your little buddies to help."

I'm allowed to be pissed off with him, he's shut us out for the last two year and this is what I get a phone call give me orders straight from his mouth!

"Do as you fucking told Carlos! Please just..help me."

I shut my eyes with a sigh and silently called the bartender over gesturing for them to get me a beer.
*****

"I told him to fuck off."

Yeah like hell I told him to fuck off. He pisses me off but he's still my friend, my Alpha and I don't have a death wish.

"Really?"

She honestly thinks I said that. Goddess she's lost the plot she really has, but I can't help but miss her she's down right crazy and Eva has really missed her whilst she's been in Italy.

"No Liv he's my Alpha."

She growled down the end of the phone making me roll my eyes and down the rest of my beer.

"He's not anymore."

I closed my eyes pulling at my hair is she serious! Antonio you messed up so badly if your own cousin no longer sees you as her Alpha. Fuck this is going to be harder then I thought and I've only called Liv so far.

"Liv he's still the same man."

No matter what he's done or should have done I know Alec is still in there. Hell Antonio is Alec and Alec is him, he proved that on the call I could here the break in his voice.

"No don't defend him, they aren't the same."

Is this why Antonio made me do this?! Why the fuck am I having to deal with this, I'm not going to enjoy calling the others if this is the response I get, maybe I should have just called them all together and told them to meet me outside the house.

"Yes they are. They are two sides of the same coin."

Same man different personalities. He's changed somehow, I don't know when and I don't know why I guess it was the night he called me to drive for him but something has definitely changed.

"Why do you always defend him?!"

I don't always defend him. I'm going to get to the bottom of what happened between him and Kayson and I won't be defending him then.

"He lost his father Olivia!"

Kase had a point before when he said he and Antonio grieve in different ways. Antonio ways was definitely to push away anything and anyone to soon degree, that reminded him of his father and the life he could have had.

"No don't you dare lie to me, you have always defended him. You and Kayson but now it's just you so why just fucking tell me why?!"

Because I kissed the guy he loved.

*****
I knocked on Kayson's door, I heard him stumping around when he came in earlier. Fuck he's been drinking again then again I'm no better.

"Kase you okay?"

The door slowly opened as I withdrew my hand, the room was dark and all I could make out was Kase lying on the floor near the bed his face in his hands. I sluggishly made my way over to him and slide down the bed next to him to stop the room spinning.

He looked up giving me a sloppy smile before he pushed himself up. I smiled back leaning the side of my head against the bed and he copied me. I felt myself lean in and out lips met, we kissed for a split second before we both pulled away.

"Sorry Kase I..I didn't mean to do that."

I felt myself sober up as I quickly left the room. Fuck why the fuck did I do?! Fuck! I slumped into the chair in mine and Eva's bedroom staring out the window.

"Car? Carlos are you okay?"

I shut my eyes and leant my head back into the chair as I felt Eva's arms wrap around my neck.

"I..I was drunk and I..I kissed Kayson."

I pushed Eva's hands away as I sat up running my hands down my face. I slipped the ring off my finger and just stared at it as I waited for her to say something, anything.

"Car? Carlos look at me."
*****

I looked down at the ring on my finger, I remember how that conversation went. She asked me if I was gay and I started to panic thinking she was going to leave and reject me. I don't even like Kayson that way, he's like my brother we we're just drunk but I released that I was bisexual. All Eva could say was we must have another mate out there, I couldn't even think about that all I could think was I had betrayed her but she just made me feel like it was nothing.

*****
"Tesoro, I love you and I know you so don't beat yourself up. It was an accident you were both drunk and neither of you see eachother like that anyway, you'll both forget about it in the morning."
*****

I wanted her to be right and to some extent she was Kase did forget about it, he laughed it off the next morning saying we were two drunken idiots but I didn't. It plays on my mind everyday, it's probably why I drink so much.

"Liv listen to me; I don't care if you come just to tell Antonio to fuck off. I don't care if I call the others and they all say the same we are going because he needs help and he asked us to come. I'm angry with him too I wanted to beat his ass for even calling me like old times and talking to me like I'm at his beck and call but you what he's still my Alpha, my friend and my brother and if he needs us then we sure as hell go and help him. Now I'll see you at the house I'm going to call the others."

I didn't even give her chance to reply I just ended the call and started calling the others. Tan agreed on the condition that if Antonio is and I quote an asshole she's knocking him on his ass. Benji and Robin said they'd come just to see Tan kick Antonio's ass which meant I just had two more people to convince oh joy.

"He wants us to what?! I hope you told him to fuck off Car who does he think he is summoning us like we're his servants."

I watched as my wife started cusing and rambling in Italian as she scrubbed the dishes. I'm just waiting for her to sling one of them at my head for even mentioning Antonio's name. I wanted to just laugh at her reaction and count my blessings that I'm mated and married to the best woman on the planet.

"Eva, Mi Corazón he needs our help will you please come even if it's just so you can laugh in his face and tell him he had to get on his knees and beg for your help then so be it."

I got up out of my seat and made my way towards her spinning her around in my arms resting my head against hers.

"You are too nice to him, too good for this world. Fine I'll come for you not for him. I'd go for the man he was for Alexandro not Antonio. I miss Alec, he was such a goofball. Always moving from one thing to the next but at least you always knew where you stood. What if Antonio doesn't need help, what if it's just an excuse to demote us and kick us to the curb."

Antonio maybe many things but I know he's not a liar.

"He won't, I know he won't you should have heard him Evie. The way his voice changed it was like for a split second he was Alec again. He's not a liar, he's been many things and none of them have been good but right now he needs us."

She rolled her eyes and pressed her lips against mine before she turned back to doing the dishes I'll take that as a okay shall I.

"Have you told Kayson yet?"

I think I subconsciously left him until last. I don't even know how to tell him. He's changed this last week, he's colder some how but he's so focused he throws himself into his work like he's a whole new man but he's still not the Kayson we all remember.

"No, I think I'm more scared to tell him then I was telling you."

She splashed the soapy water in my face making me chuckle as I kissed her head wiping the small amount of foam from my cheek onto her nose.

"I love you too Mi Corazón. I'll go tell now he in the gym?"

She nodded and I kissed the back of her head before I left. Antonio whatever you have to say better be good because I'm not getting murdered by my wife and our friends for you.

"Kase? Kase we need talk it's about Antonio."